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DVR GPS
User Manual
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CHAPTERⅠ BASICS............................................................................................................................11.1 Inside the box....................................................................................................................11.2 Before turning on..............................................................................................................1
1.2.1 Storage card............................................................................................................11.2.2 Battery.....................................................................................................................11.3.3 Finger gestures.......................................................................................................2
1.4 Getting started...................................................................................................................21.4.1 Turning on your GPS-PAD....................................................................................21.4.2 Turning off your GPS-PAD...................................................................................31.4.3 Sleep mode..............................................................................................................3
1.5 Home screen......................................................................................................................41.6 Status and notifications....................................................................................................41.7 Adjusting the volume........................................................................................................51.8 Connecting the GPS-PAD to a computer........................................................................51.9 Coping files to and from the storage card.......................................................................61.10 Searching the GPS-PAD and the web............................................................................6
CHAPTER ⅡPERSONALIZING.........................................................................................................72.1 Changing your wallpaper.................................................................................................72.2 Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen............................82.3 Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen.............................8
CHAPTER Ⅲ NAVIGATION................................................................................................................9CHAPTER IV DVR........................................................................................................................10CHAPTER Ⅴ MUSIC PLAYER.......................................................................................................11
5.1 Playing music...................................................................................................................115.2 Creating a playlist...........................................................................................................125.3 Playing the songs in a playlist........................................................................................125.4 Managing playlists..........................................................................................................125.5 About the Music widget..................................................................................................13
CHAPTER Ⅵ FM TRANSMITTER....................................................................................................13CHAPTER Ⅶ SETTINGS.................................................................................................................15
7.1 Wireless & networks.......................................................................................................167.2 Display settings................................................................................................................177.3 Sound settings..................................................................................................................177.4 Location& security settings............................................................................................187.5 SD card & device storage settings..................................................................................197.6 Language & keyboard settings......................................................................................197.7 Date & time settings........................................................................................................217.8About device.....................................................................................................................21
CHAPTER Ⅷ MORE APPS..........................................................................................................228.1 Accounts and sync...........................................................................................................22
8.1.1 Synchronizing with online accounts...................................................................228.1.2 Synchronizing with a Google Account................................................................228.1.3 Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account.......................228.1.4 Managing your accounts......................................................................................23
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8.1.5 Synchronizing an account manually...................................................................238.2 Gmail................................................................................................................................24
8.2.1. Viewing your Gmail inbox..................................................................................248.2.2 Reading your messages........................................................................................258.2.3 Replying to or forwarding an email message.....................................................268.2.4 Muting a conversation.........................................................................................268.2.5 Reporting a conversation as spam......................................................................268.2.6 Sending a message................................................................................................268.2.7 Adding a signature to your messages..................................................................278.2.8 Searching for messages........................................................................................278.2.9 Starring a message...............................................................................................288.2.10 Labeling a conversation.....................................................................................288.2.11 Changing Gmail synchronization settings........................................................288.2.12 Working with conversations in batches............................................................298.2.13 Changing Gmail settings...................................................................................29
8.3 Calculator........................................................................................................................308.3.1 To open and use the Calculator..............................................................................308.3.2 Clear history...........................................................................................................30
8.4 GPS Info..........................................................................................................................308.5 How to install Android third-party programs..............................................................31
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ChapterⅠ Basics
1.1 Inside the box
GPS-PAD
Micro USB cable
AC adapter(Optional)
Car charger
Micro SD Card (Optional)
Bracket (Mount kit)
1. 2 Before turning on
1.2.1 Storage card
Store pictures, music, and applications by inserting the TF Flash card into your GPS-PAD.
Inserting the storage card
The storage card slot is on the in left panel, just insert the TF Flash card with its gold contacts
facing down and push it in until it licks into place.
Removing the storage card
Simply push the storage card in to eject it from its slot.
1.2.2 Battery
The GPS-PAD comes with a built-in polymer rechargeable battery and is designed to use only
manufacture-specified original batteries and accessories. Battery performance depends on many
factors, including network configuration, signal strength, the temperature of the environment in
which you operate the GPS-PAD, the features and/or settings you select and use, items attached to
connecting ports, and the voice, data, and other program usage patterns.
Charging the battery
The battery is partially charged when shipped. Before turning on and start using the GPS-PAD, it
is recommended that you charge the battery. Some batteries perform best after several full
charge/discharge circles.
1. Attach the power plug to the AC adapter.
2. Connect one end of the USB cable to the USB port on the GPS-PAD.
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3. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port of the AC adapter.
4. Plug in the AC adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery.
As the battery is being charged, the notification LED (located on the left side of the front panel)
shows a solid red light. When the GPS-PAD is fully charged, the light turns green.
When you charge the battery while the GPS-PAD is on, the charging battery icon ( ) is
displayed in the status bar of the home screen. After the battery has been fully charged, a full
battery icon ( ) will be displayed in the status bar of the home screen.
[Attention]:
Please use only accessories provided by YF to avoid unpredicted damage.
Do not remove the battery from the GPS-PAD while you are charging it using the AC or car
adapter.
As a safety precaution, the battery stops charging when it overheats.
1.3.3 Finger gestures
Tap: When you want to type using the keyboard, select items onscreen such as application and
settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply tap them with your finger.
Press and hold: To open the available option for an item (e.g. contact or link in a web page),
simply press and hold the item.
Swipe or slide: To swipe or slide means to drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the
screen.
Drag: Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag. While dragging, do
not release your finger until you have reached the target position.
Rotate: For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to
landscape by turning the GPS-PAD sideways. When entering text, you can turn the GPS-PAD
sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard. Refer to Settings chapter for more details.
1.4 Getting started
1.4.1 Turning on your GPS-PAD
Press the POWER button to turn on your device.
1.4.2 Turning off your GPS-PAD
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If you do not need to use your GPS-PAD, you can turn the power off to save battery life.
1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn the display back on.
2. Unlock your GPS-PAD if the Lock screen is displayed. See “Unlocking the screen” in this
chapter later for details.
3. Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds.
4. When the GPS-PAD options menu appears, tap Power off.
5. Tap OK when prompted to turn off the GPS-PAD.
[Tip]: the GPS-PAD options menu contains two modes: Power off and Sleep. You can select any
one of them to carry out respective operation.
1.4.3 Sleep mode
Sleep mode suspends your GPS-PAD to a low power state while the display is off in order to save
battery power. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the GPS-PAD is in Sleep
mode.
[Note]: If the GPS-PAD in sleep mode more than 30 minutes, the device will automatically turn
off to save electricity.
[Tip]: For information on how to adjust the time before the screen turns off, see “Adjusting the
time before the screen turns off” in the Settings chapter.
Switching to Sleep mode
Briefly press the Power button to turn off the display temporarily and switch your GPS-PAD to
Sleep mode. Your GPS-PAD also automatically goes into Sleep mode when you leave the GPS-
PAD idle after a certain period of time. Switching to Sleep mode also prevents accidental button or
touch screen presses when the GPS-PAD is in your bag or pocket.
Waking up from Sleep mode
To wake up your GPS-PAD manually, press the POWER button. You will then see that the GPS-
PAD has locked the screen. To find out how to unlock the screen, see “Unlocking the screen”
below.
1.5 Home screen
When you sign in, the Home screen opens.
The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on you GPS-PAD. It displays
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application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customer the Home screen with
different wallpaper& widgets and display items you want. See the Personalizing chapter.
Navigating the Home screen
You can go to the extended Home screen by sliding your finger horizontally across the screen to
go to the left or right side of the Home screen. While on an extended Home screen, press the
Launcher icon to return to the main Home screen.
1.6 Status and notifications
These are the icons that may appear on the status bar.
Tap to go to the Home screen
USB Connected
Connected to a Wi-Fi network and display the signal strength
Battery is full
Battery is charging
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Volume down
Volume up
Back
background
Google search
Voice control.
1.7 Adjusting the volume
Adjusting the ringer volume changes the volume level of the speaker, whereas adjusting the media
volume changes the volume level of sound notifications, music or video playback. The ringer
volume and media volume can be separately adjusted.
1.8 Connecting the GPS-PAD to a computer
You can connect your GPS-PAD to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and
other files between your GPS-PAD’s SD card and the computer.
When connecting your GPS-PAD to a computer and mounting its SD card, you must follow your
computer’s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or
corrupting the files on your SD card.
Connecting your GPS-PAD to a computer:
1. Use the USB cable that came with your GPS-PAD to connect the GPS-PAD to a USB port on
your computer.
You receive a notification that the USB is connected.
2. Open the Notifications panel and touch USB connected.
3. Touch Turn on USB storage in the screen that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files.
When the GPS-PAD is connected as USB storage, the screen indicates that USB storage is in use
and you receive a notification.
Your GPS-PAD’s SD card is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can now copy files to and
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from the SD card. For more information, see the documentation for your computer.
During this time, you can’t access the SD card from your GPS-PAD, so you can’t use applications
that rely on the SD card, such as Camera, Gallery, and Music. You also can’t share your GPS-
PAD’s data connection with your computer via USB.
Disconnecting your GPS-PAD from the computer
Carefully follow your computer’s instructions to unmount the SD card and disconnect USB
devices correctly, to avoid losing information on the card.
1. Unmount the SD card on your computer.
2. Open the Notifications panel and touch Turn off USB storage.
3. Touch Turn off USB storage in the screen that opens.
1.9 Coping files to and from the storage card
1. Connect the GPS-PAD to your computer using the supplied USB cable.
2. When the Connect to PC dialog box appears, tap Disk drive and then tap Done.
3. On your computer, the connected GPS-PAD is recognized as a removable disk. Navigate to
this removable disk and open it.
4. Do one of the following:
Copy the files from the computer to the GPS-PAD’s storage card’s root folder.
Copy the files from the GPS-PAD’s storage card to a folder in your computer or computer
desktop.
5. After copying the files, unmount the removable disk (that is, the connected GPS-PAD) as
required by your computer’s operating system to safely remove your GPS-PAD.
6. Disconnect the GPS-PAD from the computer.
1.10 Searching the GPS-PAD and the web
You can search for information on your GPS-PAD and on the Web by using the Quick Search Box.
Some applications, such as Apps or Email, also available by using Quick Search
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Chapter ⅡPersonalizing Make the GPS-PAD truly yours
Make the GPS-PAD look and sound just the way you want it. Personalize the GPS-PAD with a
different wallpaper, and sound for events such calendar reminders, incoming emails and so on.
Your GPS-PAD's Home screen is highly customizable, giving you plenty of space to add the
information that matters most in your daily life. On the home screen, you can add elements such
as widgets, program icons, shortcuts to information, and more by hold and press the empty areas
on the Home screen.
[Notes]: To find out how to set notification sounds for events, see “Sound settings”.
2. 1 Changing your wallpaper
Personalizing your Home screen wallpaper with your favorite photo is a quick and easy way to
change the feel of your GPS-PAD and give it a fresh look. Browse the collection of wallpapers
included in your GPS-PAD or choose from photos that you have taken with the camera.
You can also change the lock screen wallpaper.
Changing your Home screen or lock screen wallpaper
1. In the Home screen press screen for two seconds, and then tap Wallpaper.
2. Choose source of wallpaper:
You can choose a wallpaper from Live Wallpapers or Wallpaper
2. 2 Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen
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Place application icons on your Home screen to open applications quicker. You can also add
shortcuts to settings and specific information such as a bookmarked webpage, a music playlist,
route directions, and many other items, to your Home screen.
[Note]: the shortcuts available depended on the applications that are installed on your GPS-PAD.
1. Press the Home icon . To go to the part of the Home screen where there’s space to add a
new shortcut. To find out how, see “Navigation the Home screen”.
2. Press and hold Home screen to open the Add to Home screen options menu.
3. To add a shortcut to an applications or Bookmark, tap Shortcuts and then select the type of
information.
[Note]: To add an application icon on the Home screen, you can also press and then press
and hold an application icon. Without lifting your finger, drag the icon to an empty area on the
Home screen, and then release it.
2. 3 Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen
Rearrange the widgets and icons on your Home screen to give room for adding more items to the
Home screen. You can also remove widgets and icons that you don’t frequently use.
① Moving a widget or icon
1. Press and hold the widget or icon you want to move.
The GPS-PAD vibrates and you’ll see a green box around the widget or icon. Don’t release
your finger.
2. Drag the widget or icon to a new location on the screen.
Pause at the left or right edge of the screen to drag the widget or icon onto another Home
screen panel.
3. When the widget or icon is where you want it, release your finger.
If you’ve released your finger but a message shows that there’s no space to place the widget
or icon, drag it right or left again to another Home screen panel.
② Removing a widget or icon
1. Press and hold the widget or icon you want to remove.
The GPS-PAD vibrates and you’ll see a green box around the widget or icon. Don’t release
your finger.
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2. Drag the widget or icon to the GPS-PAD button. The GPS-PAD button then changes into the
Remove button and turns red.
3. When the widget or icon also turns red, release your finger.
CHAPTER Ⅲ NAVIGATIONAs its name indicates, this GPS-PAD provide you not only entertainment experience, but also
powerful navigation function.
Tap the shortcut apps ,then can run GPS software you preload at once, just like working other
apps.
CHAPTER IV DVR
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Press , when will show the following step. We do not need to press any button, then DVR
will start to work automatically. Also it support when take DVR and GPS Navigation together. Just minimized, it will run in the background.
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Chapter Ⅴ Music Player
About the Music application
Enjoy listening to songs and music on your GPS-PAD using the Music application. You need to
copy music files to your storage card first to use the Music application to play music. To find out
how to copy files, see “Copying files to and from the storage card” in the Basics chapter.
5 .1 Playing music
Touch the icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen to open the Music application.
The Music application opens in the Playback screen. Use the onscreen controls to control music
playback, select a song to play, repeat songs, and more.
In the Playback screen, your music is organized into different categories such as Albums, Artists,
and Songs. Select a category by tapping one of the category tabs under the library.
When you are playing music and the screen turns off, you can control the music playback right
from the Lock screen when you “wake up” the GPS-PAD by pressing POWER. If you do not see
the playback controls on the Lock screen, tap anywhere on the screen to display the playback
controls.
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When you tap a song in a category to play it, the interface will be as follows and the Now playing
list is updated with the song list from your selected category.
5 .2 Creating a playlist
Personalize your music experience by creating music playlists. Make a playlist containing just
your favorite songs or create one to match your mood for the day. You can make as many playlists
as you like.
1. In the Music playing screen, tap at the left side of the screen to go to the Library.
2. In the Library, tap or slide your finger on the bottom row to go to the Playlists category
3. Tap .
4. Enter a playlist name, and then tap Add songs icon to playlist.
5. Tap Done to finish adding songs to the playlist.
If you go to the Music category, you can see a complete list of songs on your storage card.
5 .3 Playing the songs in a playlist
1. In the Library, tap a playlist to open it.
2. Tap the first song or any song in the play list.
When you tap a song in the list to play it, the Now playing list is updated with the song list from
your playlist.
5 .4 Managing playlists
After creating a playlist, you can add more songs to it, rearrange their order, and more.
5.4.1 Adding more songs to a playlist
1. In the Library, tap a playlist to open it.
2. Tap Edit.
3. Then tap Add.
4. Select the songs you want to add to the playlist and then tap .
5. Tap Done.
5.4.2 Deleting songs from a playlist
1. In the Library, tap a playlist to open it.
2. Tap Edit.
3. When the delete icon appear before the songs in the playlist, select the songs you want to
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remove from the playlist
4. Tap Done.
5.5.3 Deleting playlists
1. In the Library, select a playlist
2. Tap Delete.
3. Tap Delete List to delete the selected playlist or tap Cancel to withdraw.
[Note]: the playlists My Favorite and My List are defaulted ones, you can not delete them.
5 .5 About the Music widget
You can use the Music widget to play music right from your Home screen. To find out how you
can add this widget to your Home screen, see “Personalizing your Home screen with widgets” in
the Personalizing chapter.
Chapter Ⅵ FM Transmitter
FM Transmitter lets you listen to FM radio station on your GPS-PAD.
[Note]: To use the FM function, you need to insert power supply as an FM transmitter.
To listen to an FM station, you should, tap the icon in the Home screen to go to the FM
Transmitter interface as follows
1 FM radio frequency
2 Tap to fine tune the radio frequency by-0.1 MHz.
3 Tap to fine tune the radio frequency by +0.1 MHz.
4 Drag to tune in to a frequency on the FM band.
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5 Turn off or on FM radio.
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Chapter Ⅶ Settings
Settings on your device
Control and customize GPS-PAD settings on the Settings screen.
To open the Settings screen, simply tap the Settings icon .
Wireless & networks: Configure your GPS-PAD’s wireless connections, e.g., Wi-Fi, enable the
Airplane mode, or set the options for mobile networks, roaming, Virtual Private Networks.
Sound: Set the GPS-PAD and notification ring tones, volume adjust, vibrate and silent mode
operation.
Display: Set the screen brightness, auto-rotate, animation and screen timeout.
Location & security: Select the sources to use when determining your location, such as wireless
networks, GPS satellites. Set up SIM card lock.
Applications: Manage applications and installation of new programs.
Accounts & sync: Log in or out from your social network accounts, Google Account, and
Exchange ActiveSync account. You can also manage synchronization and other settings for your
accounts. See the Accounts and sync chapter for details.
Privacy: You can enable or disable the automatic backup feature of the device and reset the
device.
SD card & device storage: Check the available storage card and device memory. Mount and
unmount SD card.
Search: Select items to include when you do a search on your device and set Google search
options.
Language & keyboard: Set the operating system language and region. You can also set onscreen
keyboard options.
Date & time: Set the date and time, time zone, and date or time format. To turn off auto time
synchronization and be able to manually change time zone settings.
Touch screen calibrate: Tap to calibrate the screen when needed.
About device: View the device status such as the network type, battery power level, and network
name. You can also check the battery use of individual applications or view the legal information
and software version of your GPS-PAD.
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7 .1 Wireless & networks
Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices
by using Wi-Fi and mobile networks. You also use Wireless & Network settings to configure
connections between your GPS-PAD and virtual private networks (VPNs), to connect your
computer to the Internet using your GPS-PAD.
In the Settings interface, tap Wireless & networks to enter the Wireless & networks settings
interface as follows:
Wi-Fi: Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks.
Network notification: Check to receive a notification when an open Wi-Fi network becomes
available
Wi-Fi networks: Displays a list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve previously configured and those
detected when the GPS-PAD last scanned for Wi-Fi networks.
Add Wi-Fi network: Opens a dialog where you can add a Wi-Fi network by entering its SSID (the
name it broadcasts) and security type.
Tap VPN settings to enter the following interface:
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Add VPN: Opens a screen that prompts you to select the type of VPN to add. You are then
prompted for VPN configuration details.
VPNs: The list of VPNs that you’ve previously configured.
7 .2 Display settings
Use the Display settings to configure brightness and other screen settings.
In the Setting interface, tap Display to enter the Display setting interface as follows:
Brightness: Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen. You can check Automatic
brightness to set the GPS-PAD to adjust the brightness automatically, using the GPS-PAD’s built-
in light sensor. Or uncheck that option to use the slider to set a brightness level you want at all
times when using the GPS-PAD. For the best battery performance, use the dimmest comfortable
brightness.
Auto-rotate screen: Check to automatically switch the orientation of the screen as you turn the
GPS-PAD sideways or even upside down.
Animation: Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want to enjoy animated transitions for
some effects (such as opening menus), for all supported effects (including when navigating from
screen to screen), or to enjoy a GPS-PAD without any optional animation effects (this setting does
not control animation in all applications).
Screen timeout: Opens a dialog where you can set how long to wait after you touch the screen or
press a button before the screen darkens. For the best battery performance, use the shortest
convenient timeout.
7 .3 Sound settings
Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the device rings, vibrates when you
receive a notification, an alarm sounds, or when you play music or other media with audio, as well
as some related settings.
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In the Settings interface, tap Sound to enter the Sound setting interface as follows:
Volume: Opens a dialog where you can set the volume of ringtones that sound when you receive a
notification, media (music, videos, an so on), and alarms. If you uncheck the option to use the
same volume for both calls and notifications, you can set the notification ringtone volume
independently.
Notification ringtone: Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you
receive a notification. Touch a ringtone to listen to it and enable it as a notification ringtone.
Audible touch tones: Check to play tones when using dial pad.
Audible selection: Check to play sound when making screen selection.
7 .4 Location& security settings
Use the Location & security settings to set your preferences for using and sharing your location
when your search for information and use location-aware applications, such as Maps. You can also
configure settings that help secure your GPS-PAD and its data.
In the Settings interface, tap Location & security to enter the following interface:
Use wireless networks: Check to use information from Wi-Fi and mobile networks to determine
your approximate location, for use in Maps, when you search, and so on. When you check this
option, you’re asked whether you consent to sharing your location anonymously with Google’s
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location service.
Use GPS satellite: Check to use your GPS-PAD’s global positioning system (GPS) satellite
receiver to pinpoint your location to within an accuracy as close as several meters (“street level”).
Actual GPS accuracy depends on a clear view of the sky and other factors.
Visible passwords: Check to briefly show each character of passwords as you enter them, so that
you can see what you enter.
7 . 5 SD card & device storage settings
Use the SD Card & device storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your GPS-
PAD and on your SD card and to manage your SD card.
In the Settings interface, tap SD card & device storage to enter the following interface:
SD card, Total space and Available space: Lists the amount of space on any SD card installed in
your GPS-PAD and the amount you have used to store photos, videos, music, and other files. For
more information, see “Connecting to a computer via USB” in the basics chapter.
Internal device storage, Available space: The amount of internal GPS-PAD storage used by the
operating system, its components, applications (including those you downloaded there), and their
permanent and temporary data.
Unmount SD card: Unmounts the SD card from your GPS-PAD so that you can format the card
or safely remove it when the GPS-PAD is on. This setting is dimmed if there is no SD card
installed, if you have already unmounted it, or if you have mounted he SD card on your computer.
See “Connecting to a computer via USB”.
7 . 6 Language & keyboard settings
Use the Language & Keyboard settings to select the language for the text on your GPS-PAD and
for configuring the onscreen keyboard, including words that you’ve added to its dictionary.
In the Settings interface, tap Language & keyboard to enter the following interface:
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Select language: Opens the Language screen, where you can select the language to use for the
text on your GPS-PAD.
Android keyboard: For GPS-PAD with physical keyboards, uncheck to disable the onscreen
keyboard. See “Android Keyboard settings screen” below.
User dictionary: Opens a list of the words you’ve added to the dictionary.
Android Keyboard settings screen
The Android Keyboard settings apply to the onscreen keyboard that is included with your GPS-
PAD. The correction and capitalization features affect only the English version of the keyboard.
Vibrate on keypress: Check to have the GPS-PAD vibrate briefly each time you touch a key on
the onscreen keyboard.
Sound on keypress: Check to play a brief sound each time you touch a key on the onscreen
keyboard.
Auto-capitalization: Check to have the onscreen keyboard automatically capitalize the first letter
of the first word after a period, the first word in a text field, and each word in name fields.
Input languages: Opens the Input Languages screen, where you can check the languages you
want to have available when using the onscreen keyboard.
Quick fixes: Check to automatically correct some common misspellings as you type.
Show suggestions: Check to show suggested words in a strip above the onscreen keyboard as you
type.
7 . 7 Date & time settings
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Use Date & Time settings to set your preferences for how dates are displayed. You can also use
these settings to set your own time and time zone, rather than obtaining the current time from the
mobile network.
In the Settings interface, tap Date& time to enter the following interface:
Automatic: Uncheck to set the date, time, and time zone on the GPS-PAD manually, rather than
obtaining the current time from the mobile network.
Set date: If Automatic is unchecked, opens a dialog where you can manually set the GPS-PAD’s
date.
Select time zone : If Automatic is unchecked, opens a dialog where you can set the GPS-PAD’s
time zone.
Set time: If Automatic is unchecked, opens a dialog where you can set the GPS-PAD’s time.
Use 24-hour format: Check to display the time using 24-hour time format—for example, 13:00
rather than 1:00 pm.
Select date format: Opens a dialog where you can select the format for displaying dates.
7 .8About device
About device includes information about your GPS-PAD.
In the Settings interface, tap About device to enter the following interface:
Status: Opens the Status screen with a long list of information about your battery, mobile network
connection, and other details.
Legal information: Opens a screen where you can obtain legal information about the software
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included with your GPS-PAD.
Version information: Lists details about the model numbers and versions of your GPS-PAD’s
hardware and operating system software. This information is useful if you need to work with your
carrier’s support team.
Chapter Ⅷ More apps
8 .1 Accounts and sync
8.1.1 Synchronizing with online accounts
Your GPS-PAD can sync information and receive updates from your Google™ and Microsoft®
Exchange ActiveSync® accounts.
These are some of the types of information you can sync:
Gmail™ and Exchange ActiveSync email.
Google and Exchange ActiveSync contacts.
Calendar events from your primary Google Account and from Exchange ActiveSync.
Status updates and links shared by your friends and yourself on social networks such as
Facebook and Twitter.
8.1.2 Synchronizing with a Google Account
Signing in to your Google Account lets you synchronize Gmail and your Google contacts and
calendars between your GPS-PAD and the web. You also need to sign in to a Google Account to
use Google applications such as Google Talk™ and Android Market.
1. Tap Settings > Accounts & sync
2. Tap Add account > Google.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions to sign in to an account or create a new account.
8.1.3 Synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account
You can only add one Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account on your GPS-PAD. You can sync
with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later.
1. Tap Settings > Accounts & sync
2. Tap Add account > Exchange ActiveSynic.
3. Enter the Exchange ActiveSync account details, and then tap Next.
[Note]: Your corporate Exchange Server must support auto-detect for the GPS-PAD to
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automatically set up the Exchange ActiveSync account. If your corporate Exchange Server does
not support auto-detect, you will need to enter your Exchange Server settings after you tap Next.
Ask your Exchange Server administrator for details.
8.1.4 Managing your accounts
Changing general sync settings
1. Tap Settings > Accounts & sync
2. Select or clear the following:
Background data. If this is selected, applications can send and receive online account
information even if you are not currently using them.
Auto-sync. If this is selected, applications can use the sync schedule defined in the
account settings. If this is cleared, you will need to sync accounts manually. For
instructions on doing this, see “Synchronizing an account manually” below.
Changing account settings
You can change settings such as the sync frequency and the types of information synchronized, the
kinds of notification you receive, and the way that account information is displayed.
1. Tap Settings > Accounts & sync
2. Tap the account that you want to edit
3. Edit the account settings.
8.1.5 Synchronizing an account manually
1. Tap Settings > Accounts & sync
2. Tap the account that you want to sync.
3. Tap Sync now
Removing an account
You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your GPS-PAD,
for example messages, contacts, or settings. Removing an account does not delete information
from the online service itself.
[Note]: You cannot remove some accounts, such the first Google Account you signed into on the
GPS-PAD, except by deleting all personal information from your GPS-PAD with a hard reset.
1. Tap Settings > Accounts & sync
2. Tap the account that you want to remove.
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3. Tap Remove account , and then confirm that you want to remove the account.
8 .2 Gmail
Gmail is Google’s web-based email service. Gmail is configured when you first set up your GPS-
PAD. Depending on your synchronization settings, Gmail on your GPS-PAD is automatically
synchronized with one or more Gmail accounts on the web. For more information about
synchronization, see “Synchronizing with a Google Account” in the Accounts and sync chapter.
8.2.1. Viewing your Gmail inbox
The Inbox conversations list is your default Gmail view. All your received emails are delivered to
your Inbox.
Gmail groups each message you send with all the responses you receive. This conversation list
continues to grow as new replies arrive, so you can always see your messages in context. A new
message or a change to the subject of a current message will begin a new conversation.
1. In the Home screen, tap the launcher icon , and then tap Gmail.
2. Slide your finger up/down on the screen to scroll through the conversation list:
1 Folder(or Label) and number of unread email messages.
2 Unread messages are displayed in bold.
3 Checked email. Select one or more emails to apply an action.
4 Actions for checked email(s). This will not show if there is no item selection in the inbox.
5 Message label.
6 Starred message. Tap to add or remove the star.
7 The Google account you are currently viewing. To view another account, see Switching to
another Google Account below.
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Switching to another Google Account
If you have set up more than one Google Account on your GPS-PAD, you can switch between
accounts in Gmail. For more information on setting up Google Accounts, see “Synchronizing with
a Google Account” in the Accounts and sync chapter.
1. While viewing the Inbox, press the Menu icon , and then tap Accounts.
2. Tap the account to switch to.
8.2.2 Reading your messages
Depending on your notification settings, the GPS-PAD plays a ring tone, vibrates, or displays the
email message briefly in the status bar when you receive a new email. A new email message icon
also appears on the notifications area of the status bar to notify you of a new email.
For more information on email notification settings, refer to “Changing Gmail settings” later in
this chapter.
For information on automatic email synchronization, see “Changing Gmail synchronization
settings” in this chapter.
[Tip]: To refresh your inbox manually, press the Menu icon and then tap Refresh.
1. Do one of the following:
When you receive a new email notification, press and hold the status bar, and then slide down
your finger on the screen to open the Notifications panel. Tap the new email to view it.
While in the Inbox, tap the unread email or the conversation with the unread email to view it.
2. To scroll through the messages in the conversation: Slide your finger up/down on the screen
3. To manage the email message or conversation, do any of the following:
Tap Archive to remove the conversation from your Inbox while still keeping it stored in your
Google Account.
[Tip]: To display your archived messages, in the Inbox, press the Menu icon and then tap
View labels > All Mail.
Tap Delete to delete the conversation from your Google Account. If you delete the
conversation accidentally, you can tap Undo in the yellow bar at the top of the screen to
undelete it.
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Tap Older to see the previous conversation in your Inbox.
Press the Menu icon to see more options.
8.2.3 Replying to or forwarding an email message
1. In the message thread, scroll down to the end of the conversation.
2. Tap Reply, Reply to all, or Forward
3 Do one of the following:
If you selected Reply or Reply to all, enter your reply message.
If you selected Forward, specify the message recipients.
4. Tap Send.
8.2.4 Muting a conversation
If you’re part of a long message conversation that isn’t relevant, you can ‘mute’ the conversation
to keep all future additions out of your Inbox.
While viewing the message thread, press the Menu icon and then tap More> Mute.
8.2.5 Reporting a conversation as spam
The Gmail webmail service works hard to prevent spam (unwanted and unsolicited “junk” mail)
from reaching your Inbox. But when spam makes it through, you can help improve the service by
reporting the conversation as spam.
While viewing the message thread, press the Menu icon , and then tap More> Report spam.
8.2.6 Sending a message
1. In the Home screen, tap Gmail
2. in the Inbox, press the Menu icon and then tap Compose.
3. Enter the message recipient’s email address in the To filed. If you are sending the email to
several recipients, separate the email addresses with a comma. You can add as many message
recipients as you want.
As you enter email addresses, any matching addresses from your contacts list are displayed. Tap a
match to enter that address directly.
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recipients, press the Menu icon and then tap Add Cc/Bcc.
4. Enter the email subject, and then compose your email.
5. If you want to add a picture attachment, press the Menu icon and then tap Attach.
Navigate to the picture you want to attach, and then tap the picture.
6. After composing your message, tap Send.
[Note]: While composing the message, tap Save as draft or press the BACK button to save it as a
draft. To view your draft email messages, in the Inbox, press the Menu icon and then tap
View labels > Drafts.
8.2.7 Adding a signature to your messages
You can add a signature to email messages that you send.
1. In the Inbox, press the Menu icon and then tap Settings > Signature.
2. Enter your signature in the text box, and then tap OK.
Viewing your sent messages
In the Inbox, press the Menu icon and then tap View labels > Sent.
Managing conversations and messages
8.2.8 Searching for messages
You can search for messages that contain one or more words in their contents or in their addresses,
subjects, labels, and so on. When you search for messages, all of the messages in your Gmail
account on the web are included (except those labeled Trash or Spam), not just those that you’ve
synchronized onto your GPS-PAD.
1. In the Inbox, press Search.
2. Enter the word or words to search for.
3. Tap or tap the Enter key on the onscreen keyboard.
A conversation list opens, displaying all of the conversations with messages that contain the words
you searched for. The words you searched for are displayed in the title bar. You work with the
conversations in this list just as you would with the conversations in your Inbox or any other
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conversation list.
8.2.9 Starring a message
You can star an important message so that you can easily find it again. Conversations with starred
messages are displayed with a star in your Inbox and other conversation lists. To view just
conversations with starred messages, see “Viewing conversations by label” in this chapter.
Do one of the following:
While reading a message, touch the star in its header.
When viewing a conversation, touch its star to start the newest message in the conversation.
To unstar a message, touch its star again. You can also touch a star in a conversation list to unstar
all messages in the conversation.
8.2.10 Labeling a conversation
You can organize conversations by labeling them. Gmail has several preset labels you can use, and
you can also add your own labels, using Gmail on the web.
1. While viewing the messages in a conversation, press the Menu icon and then touch
Change labels.
2. Select the labels that you want to assign to the conversation, and then tap OK.
Viewing conversations by label
You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label.
1. When viewing your Inbox or another conversation list, press the Menu icon , and then
touch View labels.
2. Touch a label to view a list of conversations with that label.
The conversation list resembles your Inbox, but the label replaces “Inbox” in the title bar. You
work with labeled conversations lists in the same way as with your Inbox..
8.2.11 Changing Gmail synchronization settings
1. In the Home screen, tap Gmail.
2. Press the Menu icon , and then tap Settings > Labels.
3. To set the number of days to synchronize, tap Number of days to sync.
4. To set synchronization for a particular label, tap the label. You can select to synchronize the
default number of days, or you can sync all or none of the label’s messages.
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8.2.12 Working with conversations in batches
You can archive, label, delete, or perform other actions on a batch of conversations at once, in
your Inbox or in another labeled list of conversations.
1. In the Inbox or other conversation list, select the check boxes for the conversations you want
to work with as a batch. When you select a check box, the Archive, Labels, and Delete buttons
are displayed at the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap the Archive, Labels, or Delete button to perform one of those actions on the batch of
conversations, or press the Menu icon for more options.
8.2.13 Changing Gmail settings
1. In the Home screen, tap Gmial.
2. In the Inbox, the Menu icon , and then tap Settings.
3. Set the following options:
Signature: Tap to enter a signature that is appended at the end of your emails.
Confirm delete: Select the check box to show a confirmation box when you delete a
conversation.
Batch operations: When selected, this adds a check box to the left of each conversation so
you can add it to a batch. See “Working with conversations in batches” above.
Clear search history: Remove the searches you have performed.
Labels: Tap to select how many days and which Gmail labels to synchronize.
Email notifications: Select the check box to show a notification icon on the status bar
when you receive a new email.
Tap Select ringtone if you want your GPS-PAD to play a notification sound when a new
email message arrives. On the ring tone menu, select a ringtone specific to new email
messages. The ring tone plays briefly when selected. If you don’t want a ring tone to
play when you receive a new email message, tap Silent. To confirm your ring tone
selection, tap OK.
Select Vibrate if you want your GPS-PAD to vibrate when you receive a new email
message.
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8 . 3 Calculator
Use calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more
complex equations.
8.3.1 To open and use the Calculator
Touch the Calculator icon on the Home screen to open it.
Enter mummers and arithmetic operators on the basic screen.
Drag the basic screen to the left to open the advanced screen(or press the Menu icon
and then tap advanced panel).
Touch and hold the Calculator’s display to open a menu where you can copy what you’ve
entered and access other tools
Touch Clear to delete the last number or operator you entered. Touch and hold Clear to
delete everything in the display
8.3.2 Clear history
Clear the history by pressing the Menu icon and touching Clear history.
8.4 GPS Info
Tap in the Home screen and the tap the GPS Info icon to enter the following
interface:
To reset the GPS satellite receiver, you can tap and a dialog box will popup as
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follows:
Tap “Yes” to finish reset and tap “Cancel” to exit.
8.5 How to install Android third-party programs
You can personalize and enrich your GPS-PAD by installing a wide variety of free and paid
apps ranging from productivity apps, entertainment, to games. When you find a program you
want, you can easily download and install it on your GPS-PAD with just a few steps.
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